Other Video Resources

Immigration Pathways for Temporary Residents

Heather Michaud of IRCC and Trina McKinlay of the BC PNP presented on Express Entry and the BC PNP, with a focus on how these two programs can serve as immigration pathways to permanent residence for temporary workers and international students graduating from Canadian educational institutions.

Navigating the Settlement Needs of Refugee Claimants
Since 2017, British Columbia has seen an increase in refugee claimant arrivals. Supporting refugee claimants requires specialized expertise and front-line workers can benefit from the experience of those who have been working with claimants for many years.

Participants of this webinar learned about:

• The refugee determination process, including timelines and delays
• Services that refugee claimants are eligible to receive
• Referrals and Resources available to refugee claimants
• The READY Tours
• Support Groups for Refugee Claimants

Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants is a new program that launched in early 2017 to replace the Skills Connect program. Come and learn from Ministry staff and Career Path’s service providers how this program can help the skilled immigrants you serve so that you can make an informed referral. Career Paths offers customized career counselling, training supports and occupation specific language training* for skilled immigrant job seekers for up to 22 months.

This interactive webinar will present the results of the feedback that Open North collected from more than 250 newcomer settlement organizations. Open North was contracted by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to reach out to newcomer settlement organizations in Canada to understand their digital capacity in order to better inform government support.

Digital capacity is integral to organizations from all sectors. For the purpose of this project, digital capacity is defined as the ability to use digital tools within an organization to enhance service delivery, communication, and coordination. The digital capacity of an organization may be the function of skills and training (e.g. staff digital literacy), infrastructure (e.g. accessible internet, mobile hardware), applications (e.g. software, cloud computing) and processes (e.g.data analytics, data management, social media use).

Assisting Foreign Workers Who Face Risks of Abuse
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Province of BC have developed an expedited open work permit application process to protect vulnerable foreign workers and to regularize their status in Canada if they are at risk of abuse by an employer. Settlement agencies are authorized to assist clients through the process and to provide a written statement of support.

The Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training will be holding a 2-hour training webinar covering the following topics:

An overview of the expedited work permit process and what a settlement agency should pay attention to when assisting a client through this process.

An overview of employment standards and situations when a complaint can be made.

The employment standards complaint process and what a settlement agency should be aware of when assisting a client making a complaint.

An overview of human trafficking and the mandate of the Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP) and how settlement organizations can support affected clients.

Social finance is attracting increasing attention across Canada, and there is potential for its use in the settlement sector. Benefits of social finance extend well beyond leveraging new sources of funding. Social finance encourages innovation and new forms of collaboration and can help support the sustainability of service delivery organizations, including those in the settlement sector

This webinar explored how social finance models can lead to improved outcomes for individual newcomers and settlement service provider organizations. The webinar introduced participants to research currently underway on how social finance could be used to assist Canadian newcomers and service provider organizations. The presentation featured prominent social finance models already being used, and those with strong potential to address challenges in the settlement sector.

Presentation topics included:

A review of potential benefits and implications of a social finance approach

An overview of social finance models that are relevant to the sector

Examples of the opportunities and challenges when these models are applied in practice